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EP 1 590 162 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 02.09.2004 (43) Date of publication: 02.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/44 (21) Application number: 03814732.8 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B29C 49/52 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/039541 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/060755 (22.07.2004 Gazette 2004/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 16.12.2002 US 433725 P (71) Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company New York, N.Y. 10022 (US)	(72) Inventors: READDY, Robert Hopatcong, NJ 07843 (US) DURHAM, Daniel, J. Toledo, OH 43606 (US) (74) Representative: Winckels, Johannes Hubertus F. et al Vereenigde, Johan de Wittlaan 7 2517 JR Den Haag 2517 JR Den Haag (NL)